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Update that 8.0 will support MS Win natively.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
Last updated: Mon Aug 23 12:16:36 EDT 2004
Last updated: Mon Aug 23 17:51:33 EDT 2004
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
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1.4) What non-Unix ports are available?
Client
It is possible to compile the libpq C library, psql, and other
interfaces and client applications to run on MS Windows platforms. In
this case, the client is running on MS Windows, and communicates via
TCP/IP to a server running on one of our supported Unix platforms. A
file win32.mak is included in the distribution for making a Win32
libpq library and psql. PostgreSQL also communicates with ODBC
clients.
Server
The database server can run on Windows NT and Win2k using Cygwin, the
Cygnus Unix/NT porting library. See pgsql/doc/FAQ_MSWIN in the
distribution or the MS Windows FAQ at
http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faqs/text/FAQ_MSWIN.
A native port to MS Win NT/2000/XP is currently being worked on. For
more details on the current status of PostgreSQL on Windows see
http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/Windows and
http://momjian.postgresql.org/main/writings/pgsql/win32.html.
Starting with version 8.0, PostgreSQL now runs natively on Microsoft
Windows NT-based operating systems like Win2000, WinXP, and Win2003. A
prepackaged installer is available at
http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller.
There is also a Novell Netware 6 port at http://forge.novell.com.
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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
<P>Last updated: Mon Aug 23 12:16:36 EDT 2004</P>
<P>Last updated: Mon Aug 23 17:51:33 EDT 2004</P>
<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR>
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<H4><A name="1.4">1.4</A>) What non-Unix ports are available?</H4>
<P><STRONG>Client</STRONG></P>
<P>It is possible to compile the <I>libpq</I> C library, psql, and
other interfaces and client applications to run on MS Windows platforms.
In this case, the client is running on MS Windows, and communicates
via TCP/IP to a server running on one of our supported Unix
platforms. A file <I>win32.mak</I> is included in the distribution
for making a Win32 <I>libpq</I> library and <I>psql</I>. PostgreSQL
also communicates with <SMALL>ODBC</SMALL> clients.</P>
<P><STRONG>Server</STRONG></P>
<P>The database server can run on Windows NT and Win2k using
Cygwin, the Cygnus Unix/NT porting library. See
<I>pgsql/doc/FAQ_MSWIN</I> in the distribution or the MS Windows FAQ
at <A href="http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faqs/text/FAQ_MSWIN">
http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faqs/text/FAQ_MSWIN</A>.</P>
<p>A native port to MS Win NT/2000/XP is currently being worked
on. For more details on the current status of PostgreSQL on Windows see
<a href="http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/Windows">
http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/Windows</a> and
<a href="http://momjian.postgresql.org/main/writings/pgsql/win32.html">
http://momjian.postgresql.org/main/writings/pgsql/win32.html</a>.</p>
<P>Starting with version 8.0, PostgreSQL now runs natively on
Microsoft Windows NT-based operating systems like Win2000, WinXP,
and Win2003. A prepackaged installer is available at <a href=
"http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller">
http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller</a>.
<p>There is also a Novell Netware 6 port at
<a href="http://forge.novell.com">http://forge.novell.com</a>.</p>
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